Not So Scary: Scary Movie 3 Review

Scary Movie is know for the way it cleverly parodies horror movies and even movies such as 8 mile, The Matrix, and even The Lord of the Rings. Scary movie 1 and 2 were of course better because the first movies are usually the better made ones, and the more that are made, the worst they get. This is exactly what happened in the "Scary Movie" franchise. Scary Movie 3 is when the series took a massive u-turn because this is the first movie made without the Wayans Brothers and the only two characters to return are Cindy and Brenda from the past two movies. This film and the following film were both written by Pat Proft and also written and directed by David Zucker. These two people are very significant in the genre of parody movies because they were making some of the first and greatest comedies of all time including Airplane and The Naked Gun. It is strange how the two people who essentially created parody movies returned to the genre to watch it die. I am not saying that I hate Scary Movie 3, I just feel that all the other parody movies got worst after these. There are new parodies such as Superhero Movie and The Starving Games that absolutely suck. Another difference from the first two movies is that instead of being an incredibly rude r rated movie, it is rated pg-13. This change affects the feel and credibility that the first two films created and makes the new movie feel like less of a parody.

I will begin on what is wrong with the film. This film is a parody of many films, mainly being The Ring, Signs, The Matrix, and 8 Mile. As you can see, only one of these films are a horror movie, which in the end makes the film feel more of a sci-fi than an actual horror parody. The plot is very unfocused and in the end feels like 3 movies being mixed together to make a less than decent movie. Because of this, the film is not very good, but it is funny. The thing about the jokes in this movie though is that they are either hit or miss. There are some jokes in the movie that are laugh out loud funny and other that are just stupid and are used as filters between the more funny scenes.

The best aspect of the film is really when they are poking fun at the different films that they are parodying, not when people are being hit by cars or the President is punching people in the face. When they are making a joke about the original films or even make making fun of the massive flaws in them, such as when they make fun of the scene in Signs when the Aliens cannot get through the pantry door. I also enjoyed Simon Rex portraying "Eminem" and showing the social and racial differences of a white boy trying to become a rapper. I also enjoyed the scene with the rap battle with Simon Cowell as a judge and after saying their club was absolutely pathetic, gets shot by at least 15 people, and the audience erupts. Another one of my favorite scenes is when Brenda was making fun of the evil girl from The Ring. As she crawls out of her TV and stands up as Brenda is eating popcorn, she leans to the side to pour a good amount of water onto Brenda's floor. She proceeds to punch the evil girl in the face multiple times until she fights back and Brenda dies.

There are many cameos in the movie from famous actor and actresses, but my favorite one is Leslie Nelson as the exceedingly stupid President of the United States. He makes the movie that little bit better and improves the end of the movie. Another good cameo was in the very first scene of the film, where we see Jenny McCarthy and Pamela Anderson playing the two teenagers from the opening scene of the ring. This scene is especially funny because it is two adults portraying two dumb teenage blonde girls that are the perfect targets for a horror movie villain. The strangest casting call this movie used and wasted was Charlie Sheen. He has been in good comedies before such as Hot Shots and Two and a Half Men but is not used to his full potential in this film. Micheal Jackson also gets an appearance in the film, but as a child predator and gets into a dance fight with Charlie Sheen.

The superiority theory was very overused in this film. The superiority theory is the general idea is that a person laughs about misfortunes of others, because these misfortunes assert the person's superiority on the background of shortcomings of others. Because of this, I rate Scary Movie 3 as a Bad Good. Scary Movie 3 is technically a terrible movie, but similar to the second film, if you are willing to shut down your mind and just enjoy the jokes and parodies of the film, you'll hopefully find it very humorous and worth the watch.